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At just 9 years old, Ally Tumblin has inspired legislation in Congress that could help thousands of Americans pay for hearing aid devices by mandating insurance companies to cover them. It all started in 2019 with a simple letter to her elected official after the then third-grader was assigned to do something to better her

Authorities looking into a suspected human smuggling event after panicked callers to 911 reported being inside a tanker trailer in Texas have taken one person into custody. According to a statement from a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson, “One individual has been taken into custody in relation to the alleged incident.” How the person

It all started with damning allegations from book excerpts published in France’s prestigious Le Monde newspaper as the new year began. “I was 14 and I let it go (…). I was 14, I knew and didn’t say anything.” “My stepfather would come into my brother’s room. I could hear his footsteps in the hallway

Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out at a summer camp started by the late actor Paul Newman for seriously ill children and their families. Connecticut state troopers and the Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit (FEIU) responded Friday afternoon to a report of a structure fire at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

Click here for updates on this story     DETROIT (WNEM) — A female passenger hid more than $60,000 in undeclared U.S. currency while traveling from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport earlier this month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP officers were conducting outbound enforcement operations at the airport when they encountered the passenger on Feb.

When contractors came to her Himalayan forest to cut down thousands of trees, Gaura Devi rallied the women of her village and marched into the woods. Armed with only their bare hands and fierce determination to save the forest upon which their livelihoods depended, Gaura Devi and the women put themselves between the trees and

Click here for updates on this story     Madison, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal ) — A Wisconsin judge has ordered the state Department of Natural Resources to schedule a wolf hunting season this month rather than waiting until fall. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service removed gray wolves from the endangered species list on Jan. 4,

A United Nations Special Rapporteur has issued a scathing report on the international pressure campaign on Venezuela, calling on the United States, United Kingdom and European Union to lift “devastating” economic sanctions. The comments conclude a 12-day trip in the country by Alina Douhan, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures. Speaking

Ravi Zacharias, the prominent head of a global Christian organization who died in May, engaged in sexual misconduct that included “sexting, unwanted touching, spiritual abuse, and rape,” according to a statement from the ministry he founded summarizing the results of an investigative report. Allegations came from four female massage therapists who said Zacharias “would either

A massive national cheerleading competition is descending on downtown Atlanta this weekend. Around 40,000 youth cheerleaders, coaches and spectators from across the country are expected to attend — prime conditions, according to CDC guidelines, for a possible Covid-19 superspreader event. The Cheersport National Cheerleading Championship will be held this Saturday and Sunday at the Georgia

Click here for updates on this story     ANN ARBOR, MI (WNEM) — A local nurse who is six months pregnant is fighting for not only her life after testing positive for COVID-19, but her unborn child as well. Bridget Klingenberg is a nurse at Covenant who cares for COVID-19 patients in the ICU. At 27

Some teachers at a Los Angeles private school were able to get Covid-19 vaccines despite not meeting the vaccine eligibility requirements set by the county health department. The Wesley School — a K-8 private school in North Hollywood where tuition ranges from about $28,000 to $32,000 a year — said in a statement to CNN

The city of Minneapolis will send a survey to community members to determine how to best memorialize George Floyd at the intersection where he was killed by police, officials said Friday. “The killing of George Floyd has forever changed the intersection at 38 and Chicago and has forever changed and reshaped our city’s place in